Archive for November, 2007
Historians and IRBs
Speaking of the AHA, the organization has asked for members to weigh in on a movement at HHS to create policy for IRBs regarding oral histories (see the AHA blog on this). Naturally, this has caused the usual flurry of outrage about allegedly out of control IRBs and “intrusion” into faculty research. (one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )American Historical Association Panel
Last week I received a draft from my co-panelist Steve Mintz for a session at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Wow that guy is organized, so now I’ve got to get cracking on my presentation! The theme of the panel is
“Secure … for Whom? Campus Violence in Historical Perspective, [...]
Wists and Holiday shopping
New social bookmarking site called Wists — just in time for the holidays! Now if I can figure out what to get my parents. Certainly they don’t need any more “stuff.” In fact, I’d love it if they would hire a personal organizer (like this one) and start weeding out.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Book Club: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
It’s been a busy week, so I’m a week late in writing up the latest book club selection, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Despite the fact that I know almost no Spanish, I did not find the frequent passages in that language to be distracting — like Michael [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Student Suicide Attempt at CCSU
Yesterday, a first-year student allegedly attempted to take her own life by jumping off one of the parking garages (see story in this morning’s New Britain Herald)
There is already a Facebook group (“don’t give up, Cherolle Brown”). I also noticed that there is a support group sponsored by NAMI-CT for students with diagnosed mental [...]
Gig at AHAP
Just returned yesterday from a trip to Akron, Ohio to give a talk at the Archives of the History of American Psychology. The folks there were very friendly and helpful. The talk was a big hit as well. I was a bit nervous because most of those who attended my Cheiron session [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Threat Assessment/Your right to know?
Have you seen this guy? This “right to know” police alert came through our email this week. My students in the disability history seminar had some interesting things to say, including, what about this guy’s right to come back to campus and not be treated like a pariah?!
In addition, our campus invited a [...]
History in Nantucket
Spent the weekend in Nantucket, where we took in some of the local historic sites. Unfortunately, this being off-season, most everything was closed! At least we got a good picture of me in front of Lucretia Coffin Mott’s birthplace, just in time for my abolition unit in the U.S. Women’s History class.
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